diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 7dc6b74..29d5642 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -673,22 +673,26 @@ cifs_lookup(struct inode *parent_dir_inode,
struct dentry *direntry,
                if (!(nd->flags & (LOOKUP_PARENT | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY)) &&
                     (nd->flags & LOOKUP_OPEN) && !pTcon->broken_posix_open &&
                     (nd->intent.open.flags & O_CREAT)) {
-                       rc = cifs_posix_open(full_path, &newInode,
+                       /* skip posix open if exclusive create */
+                       if (!((nd->intent.open.flags & O_CREAT) &&
+                                       (nd->intent.open.flags & O_EXCL))) {
+                               rc = cifs_posix_open(full_path, &newInode,
                                        parent_dir_inode->i_sb,
                                        nd->intent.open.create_mode,
                                        nd->intent.open.flags, &oplock,
                                        &fileHandle, xid);
-                       /*
-                        * The check below works around a bug in POSIX
-                        * open in samba versions 3.3.1 and earlier where
-                        * open could incorrectly fail with invalid parameter.
-                        * If either that or op not supported returned, follow
-                        * the normal lookup.
-                        */
-                       if ((rc == 0) || (rc == -ENOENT))
-                               posix_open = true;
-                       else if ((rc == -EINVAL) || (rc != -EOPNOTSUPP))
-                               pTcon->broken_posix_open = true;
+                               /*
+                                * The check below works around a bug in POSIX
+                                * open in samba versions 3.3.1 and earlier
+                                * where open could incorrectly fail with
+                                * invalid parameter. If either that or op not
+                                * supported returned, follow the normal lookup.
+                                */
+                               if ((rc == 0) || (rc == -ENOENT))
+                                       posix_open = true;
+                               else if ((rc == -EINVAL) || (rc != -EOPNOTSUPP))
+                                       pTcon->broken_posix_open = true;
+                       }
                }
                if (!posix_open)